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Alexandra Williams
Alexandra Williams needs your nomination for a Shorty Award!
Twin & I R fitness experts.Writer/Editor/Speaker/Emcee. ACE Cert 20+ yrs.Editor @ IDEA Fitness Jrnal.FitFluential Ambassador http://xeeme.com/AlexandraFunFit/
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What's your best tweet?
This one.
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What are six things you could never do without?
Kids, contact lenses, twin sister, laughter, ability to do push-ups, active brain
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How do you use Twitter in your professional life?
To encourage people to find ways to make fitness fun so they'll be fitalicious!
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What's your favorite Twitter app?
Twitpic. Wait, does TweetDeck count as an app? Tie.
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Twitter or Facebook?
Twitter. I like the challenge of being witty in 140 characters. Hope I pass the audition!
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Who do you wish had a Twitter feed but doesn't?
My 17 year old so I could nag him in 140 characters or less. He'd LOVE that more than homework.
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What are some words or phrases you refuse to shorten for brevity?
You're, your. Whose, who's. Damn, you're fine. You can do it. My sister made me do it.
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Is there someone you want to follow you who doesn't already? If so, who?
Yes. If Andy Borowitz followed me, I'd RT him forever. HEY ANDY, I ALREADY DO THAT.
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Have you ever unfollowed someone? Who and why?
Yes. He shall remain unnamed. He dweeted me inappropriate pictures of his, er, physique.
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Why should we vote for you?
Have you met my twin sister? She can take you!
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Terms you wish would start trending on Twitter right now?
#TeamSmoochBack, identical red-headed twins
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What's the most interesting connection you've made through Twitter?
@BirminghamPoint
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Hashtag you created that you wish everyone used?
#PatriotPushUps
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How do you make your tweets unique?
Who says I do? I have an identical twin. She's been copying me for years. Or I her. She may be imaginary. Mom likes her best.
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What inspires you to tweet?
I want to make fitness accessible to everyone. And I'm addicted to people.
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Ever get called out for tweeting too much?
I got put in Twitter jail once for doing hundreds of individual, hand-crafted #FF tweets. #JerkJail
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140 characters of advice for a new user?
Pick an avatar or tweet you like and ask that person for help.
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How long can you go without a tweet?
Let's see, hex divided by pi and a few ordinal numbers.....half a day. But that's like 14 years in squirrel time.
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What question are we not asking here that we should?
How you'd get so cute?
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Who do you admire most for his or her use of Twitter?
@MrWordsworth. That guy can crank it out. Thousands of clever tweets.
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Who is the funniest person on Twitter that you follow?
Andy Borowitz. He makes food products go the wrong way via my nose.
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What is one of the biggest misconceptions of Twitter?
That it's just people talking about their lunch. Although...now I'm hungry.
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Why should people follow you?
I'm adorable and can fix spelling errors. And my maturity level matches my avatar!
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Can you name some one-of-a-kind Twitter accounts that you follow?
@KymberlyFunFit, @ModernSauce, @BobBorson, @InfillNC, @TheBeardedIris, @BorowitzReport
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How do you decide what to tweet?
Based on what I find interesting & which friends I see online. And I love 2 put out research on fitness & translate it so it's understandable
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Why'd you start tweeting?
To get the word out about our blog funandfit.org. Go check it out. Subscribe. Do your push-ups.
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Has Twitter changed your life? If yes, how?
Yes. I'm sitting on my tush way more and met lots of truly interesting twerps whom I never would have found otherwise.
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What do you wish people would do more of on Twitter?
Vote for me for the Shorty Award (I thought of saying something full of light & magic, but really I want to win).
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How will the world change in the next year?
We'll all get one year older, but our bodies won't know it, thanks to exercise and a good diet!
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What are some big Twitter faux pas?
Not thanking people. Assuming there aren't people behind brand accounts.
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